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A. T. HYDE, OFROCHE'STER, MINNESOTA."

Letters Patent No. 81,508 dated August 25, 1868.

IMPROVED BITTERS.

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TO ALL WHOM .IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, A. T. HYDE,of Rochester,-in the county of Olmsted, and in the State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Compound for Medicinal Bitters; and do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention consists in the making of a medicinal hitters in the following manner:

Make a fluid extract by triturating the medicines indilnted alcohol or spirits, in the following proportions Alcohol Erratum, 0 i.

Aurantii amari cortex, 5 i.

Gentz'ana, 5 ss. .Jum'per'us, 5 ii.

Sassafras radz'cz's cortex, 5 i.

Xanthoxylum, 5 i.

'i'rtnamomum, 3) i.

Caryophyllus', 3i.

Tim-t. oleum gaultheria, f 5 ss- Santalum, 5 i.

Then make a sirup as follows: 7

Saccharum album, lh iv, which is to dissolve in sufficient hot water to make, Sirupus, 0 viii.

Now mix, of the fluid-extract, 0 i, Sirupua O viii, Spiritual, Oviii, and the hitters are ready.

These hitters constitute one of themost pleasing and efi'ective tonics ever produced.

I do not wish to confine myself to' the proportions of the ingredients herein mentioned.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is The within-described compound for medicinal hitters, as and for the purposes herein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing invention, I have hereunto set my hand, this 4th day of January, 1868.

l A. T. HYDE. Witnesses:

J.- V. LAMB, A..D. Ronmson. 

